Device for advertising.



A. GIEGERIGH.

DEVICE FOR ADVERTISING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1,1 1 1,957. 26 Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1913.

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ALBERT GIEGERICH, 0F DU UQUE, rowA.

DEVICE FOR ADVERTISING.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, ALBERT GIEGERIGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Advertising, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to advertising devices for displaying goods, more especially in store windows, and the object is to provide a machine which shall be adapted to be rotated whereby various kinds of goods maybe brought into view one after another and held in displayed position for a predetermined length of time;

In what it consists and the mode of construction whereby I accomplish the object I rier with advertisements on the facings,

Fig. 3 is a top view with cap removed. Fig. 4 is a bottom view. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the longitudinal center. F 1g.

6 is a plan view of one of the sprocket wheels. Fig. 7 is a plan View of a plate for holding a panel on the carrier. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a panel and shows means for attaching androtating the panels. Fig. 9 is a perspective-view of the means for looking the panels together when the panels are at rest.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates the endless carrier which consists of strips 4 and 7 To each strip 4 is secured two plates M 5 and 6; shown in Fig. 7, one near. the top and the other near the bottom, that are each provided with a slot 8, into which a panel hereinafter to be described is removably secured. strips 7 which are hinged to the strips 4, thus making every other strip carry a panel and the strips 7 blanks without anything thereon and all hinged together by hinges 3, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In the rear of each strip 4 and 7 is a recess 10 near the top and also a like recess 12 near the bottom which is adapted to be engaged by a dowel connected with a wheel hereinafter to be de scribed. At the bottom of each strip 4 is part Between the strips 4 are spacing to travel in a groove in a" track 17.

The panel. 15, to be secured tothe strip 4 shown in Fig. 2, consists of a rectangular frame Which may be covered with cloth or beaver board or anything else that presents a smooth surface for use in displaying wall paper and paintbrushes and the like as set forth'in this application. Where it is used for other purposes there may be a frame and hooks 19' thereon, as shown in Fig. 8. The rear edge of the panel v15 has large headed screws 16 which are adapted to engage in y the slots 8 in the two plates 5 and 6 set in the strip 4 By this mode of attachingthe 1 panels .to the strips the panels 15 are removi ably and loosely held to the strip 4. i

To theouter edge of the panel 15 is secured a facing 18 of the width of the strips 4 and 7 sothat when these panels are assembled and ready for use, they will present an unbroken surface upon which may be painted the name of the house that is selling the goods or any other advertisement. A i convenient mode of usin'gthis surface is by marking one letter of a word upon each of the facings 18 in the same plane, then in a lower plane another set of letters spelling {out other word or words and so on down the facings and each word commenced in a different vertical plane, then when a certain number of'facings are brought to view, there would appear a whole word and parts, of other words andas the carrier advanced that word would gradually disappear and more of other words come into view so that at all timesthere would be one whole word and parts of-other words in sight. In the drawing the two, lettersP and A shown in dotted 1 lines'represent the letters P and A on three facings injview, the whole spelling the word paint. Where these panels are to be used for displaying wall paper the panel has pasted upon it a pattern of wall paper 20 with the border 22 and presenting the sameappearance as it would if thepaper were actually pasted upon a wall, and if.. it is used for hanging paint brushes or other articles, there are hooks 19 attached tothisa panel and the brushes are hung thereon.

For the purpose of rotating this device" there is provided a shaft 28, shown in Fig. 6, which is provided with a circular plate 30 having dowels 32 adapted to engage the recess 10. in the strips 4 and7. In the plateSQ v two vanished facings and INT in full on I pivoted a caster-wheel 13, which is adapted I there are also semicircular recesses 3 f into which the hinges 3 are adapted to engage when the carrier is belng turned around with the shaft 28. The shaft 28 is provided at the end with a circular pin which is vadapted'to rotate in a box 36 in a top plate 37. At the 'bottomof the shaft 28 there is a similar head 30 with similar dowels 32 that are adapted to engage the recesses 12 in the strips 4' and .7. 'At the other end there is a similarmeans for rotating, but in addition there are secured to the rotating shaft arms 40, the obiect of which will presentlv appear.

In order to rotate the-endless carrier in termittently and bring the panels one after another into position for inspection and keep them in that inspecting position for a predetermined length of time, there is provided a wheel d2 upon which are placed pins tl. The Wheel 12 is belted to power and as it rotates, the arms are engaged by the pins dt and rotate the carrier a short dis-- "tance suflicientto bring one of the panels on each side into view as shown in Fig, 2. For the purpose of closing and locking the panels together at the front, so that they will present an apparently unbroken face with a lug 56 at its outer end and is pivoted to the frame by a pivot pin 58. Against a Istud 60 mounted on the arm 52 is secured a leaf spring 62 that is bent down and 1 adapted to engage the upper surface of the arm 52. v

The manner of operating my device is substantially as follows: Starting with the carrier 2 set in its proper position, the operator takes one of the, panels 15 upon which is pastedthe paper 20 or the other articles and brings the screws 16 into engagement with the slots 8 in the plates 5 and 6, and forcesit down to the bottomof the slots. The caster wheel 13 on the bottom of the strip a willthe'n set in the groove in the track 17 The rest of the panels are placed in the strips 1 in the same manner until every other strip has a panel attached thereto. Then the carrier will have a panel {A H on each of the strips eand nothing attached to the strips 7, and there will necessarily be space between the panels in the rear ends but, since there is a facing 18 on the front endof each panel, that is wider than the thickness of the'paneh'when the panels are "all in place, there will be presented a connected surface of facings 18 on which may be painted any advertisement desired. After all of these panels are placed in position and are ready for operation, there will. be a panel at each side projecting out at right angles and the other panels closed together both in front and rear of the carrier as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. lhe power is then turned on to the wheel 42 and as it rotates the pins at will engage the arms l0 and turn them partially around and since they are attached to the wheel, they will rotate the carrier a short distance suliicient to close up the panels that project from the sides and throw into the same position two other panels. In this manner one panel from the side will be folded back and a panel from the front will take its place while the other side panel will be closed up against the front panels and a new panel from the rear will be brought into its place. While the wheel is rotating, just before the pins A l are brought into engagement with the arms 10, the plate 48 will engage the lever 52 which will raise the rear end of the arm 54L and this will draw down the lug 56 out of engagement with the base of a panel and release the panel and permit it to be brought into view and as soon as it is released the plate 48 will be brought out of contact with the arm 52 and the spring 62 will come into action and bring the lug 56 into engagement with the next panel and close together the facings l8 and hold all the remainder of the panels close together thereby presenting an unbroken front and rear with a panel projecting out from each end. The wheel will then continue to rotate until another pin A l comes in contact with another arm -10 but during this time the carrier and the panels will remain in a resting position.

It will be seen by this mode of construction and operation that all of the panels, one after another, on each end of the carrier will be brought into view and will stay in that position for a predetermined length of time according to the rapidity of the rotation of the wheel 42 and since the panels are loosely attached to the strips while the panels are traveling, the faces 18 become separated and when the lug 56 engages a panel, the carrier with the panels will travel sufficiently farther to close up the face 18 and present a front having the appearance of an unbroken surface, and since a letter of an advertisement is painted on each face 18 the whole advertisement may be readily read while the carrier is at rest.

Having now described my invention what I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, panels, an endless carrier consisting of strips of greater length than the panels hinged together, means connected with alternate strips and each panel for removably attaching the panels to the strips, means for intermittently advancing the panels, and means engaging one 'ofthe panels for holding part -1 the width of two strips of the carrier on the outer longitudinal edge of each panel, means for intermittently advancing the carrler and means for stopping the carr1er and bringing the facings on the edges of the panels on one side of the carrier in contact with each other.

8. In a device of the character described,

an endless carrier composed of strips provided with recesses hinged together, panels provided with facings on their outer longitudinal edges, means for removably attaching the panels to alternate strips of the carrier, means for imparting motion to the carrier consisting of a plurality of shafts set vertically within the carrier, wheels on the shafts and provided with means adapted to engage the recesses in the strips of the carrier, means connected with power and one of the shafts to cause the carrier to travel intermittently around the shafts, and means for stopping and holding the panels in a given position at predetermined times.

l. In a device of the character described, an endless carrier, panels secured to the carrier, facings on the outer edges of said panels, means for imparting an intermittent motion to the carrier, and means for holding said facings on the panels on one side of the carrier in contact with each other at and for a predetermined time.

5. In a device of the character described, an endless traveling carrier composed of strips set vertically and hingedtogether, and said strips provided with recesses, two shafts set vertically, a Wheel on each shaft and the wheels provided with dowels adapted to engage the recesses in the strips and rotate the carrier around said shafts, panels removably attached to alternate strips of the carrier, and said panels having abutting extremities certain of which are brought into contact with each other for display purposes when two panels'are diametrically opposite of each other, and means for holding said certain of the panels in contact with each other for a predetermined length of time.

6. In a device of the character described, a carrier composed of strips hinged together, a caster on the bottom of alternate of each panel of such width that when the panels are folded together the facin s will contact with each other, and means or imparting an intermittentmotion to theta!- rier. 11

7 In a device of the character described, an endless'traveling carrier consisting of strips "hinged together andeach strip provided with a recess, panels adapted to be re- 1movably and looselyheldbythestrips, a

plurality of shafts vertically set within the carrier, castersattached to the-strips at the base of the carrier,a track around the shafts" 1 and parallel with the travel, of the carrier,

wheels. on the shafts adaptedto engage each of the. recesses of the strips of the carrier, means connected with one of the shaftsfor causing the carrier to travel intermittently on the track aroundthe shafts, and a stop adapted to be brought into engagement with a panel to stop the advance of the panels at a predetermined time.

' 8. In a device of the character described, a carrier composed of strips hinged together, panels removably attached to alternate strips of the carrier, means for imparting an intermittent motion to the carrier, and means for stopping the panels at a predetermined time and holding them in a predetermined position when the carrier is at rest. 1 a a 9. In a device of the character described,

a carrier composed of strips hinged together,,panels removably attached to alternate strips of the carrier, means for imparting to the carrier an intermittent moof the carrier for rotating said carrler around said shafts, means for stopping the carrier when two panels on opposite ends of the carrier are in the same vertical plane, means for stopping and holding the panels on one side of the carrier at right angles to the projecting panels with their facings in contact with each other when the carrier is at rest.

11. In a device of the character described, a carrier composed of strips hinged together, panels removably attached to alternate strips, facings on the longitudinal outer edges of the panels, means for imparting to the carrier an intermittent motion, means engaging one of the panels for bringing the facings ofpart of the panels in contact with each other, and means for stopping the travel of the panels at a predetermined time.

12. In a device of the character described, a carrier composed of strips hinged together, panels removably and loosely attached to I alternate stripsand provided With facings,

means for imparting to the carrier an in termittent motion, and a lever operated by the means for imparting motion to the carrier to engage the panels and stop their advance and hold part of the panels with their facings in contact witheach other. 7

13. In a device of thecharacter described, a carrier composed of strips hinged together and. alternate strips provided with a plurality of plates having slots therein, panels providedwith means for removably engag- Copies of this patent may be obtained for Witnesses M. M. CADY, B. M. HENSCI-IEL.

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